MELBOURNE, Australia — In a court filing on Saturday, lawyers for Novak Djokovic said the tennis star had tested positive for the coronavirus in mid-December, and that the Australian government had erred this week in canceling his visa over a vaccine requirement. Mr. Djokovic, who hopes to defend his men’s singles title at the Australian Open this month, was denied permission to enter the country on Thursday after arriving at a Melbourne airport. The border authorities said they canceled his visa because he had not provided evidence to justify being exempted from Australia’s requirement that arrivals be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The conditions of the exemption were consistent with the recommendations of Australia’s immunization advisory body, the lawyers argued. Djokovic understood that he was entitled to enter Australia,” the filing read.

Source: New York Times January 08, 2022 22:17 UTC